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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr George Gregson" <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: mr.georgegregson4@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 14:53:29 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal!!!




Am George Gregson, Business Relations Manager for the Royal bank Of
Scotland (RBS) in

Glasgow,Scoltland . I am getting in touch with you regarding the estate of
a deceased client

with similar last name and an investment placed under our banks management.

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this email sent
to you very

confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a
result of this mail.

I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication.
In 2000, the subject matter, an American investor came to our bank to
engage in business

discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had
a financial portfolio

of $8.35 million United States dollars, which he wished to have us invest
on his behalf.
Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and
made attractive margins

for our first months of operation, the accrued profit and interest stood
at this point at over

10 million United States Dollars. In mid 2002, he instructed that the
principal sum (8.35M) be

liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash
payments in London. We

got in touch with a specialist bank in United Kingdom, NatWest Bank Plc
(NWB) London, United

Kingdom who agreed to receive this money for a fee and make cash available
. However NatWest

Bank Plc got in touch with us last year that this money has not been
claimed. On further

enquiries we found out that the American investor was involved in an
accident in Mainland

Scotland, which means he died intestate. He has no next of kin and the
reason I am writing you

is because you share the same last name.
What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you
will be made the

beneficiary of these funds. NatWest Bank Plc will contact you informing
you that money has been

willed to you. On verification, which will be the details I make available
to Royal Bank Of

Scotland(RBS) and NatWest Bank Plc (NWB) will be instructed to make
payments to you after all

the necessary verification and application is done. You do not have to
have known the American

investor. I know this might be a bit heavy for you but please trust me on
this. For all your

troubles I propose that we split the money in half. In the banking circle
this happens every

time. The other option is that the money will revert back to the state.
This is a lifetime opportunity for us. I hold the KEY to these funds, and
as a British National

we see so much cash and funds being re-assigned daily. I would want us to
keep communication for

now strictly by the below email address.

I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success
and riches never come

easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my
private banking

clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we
should act swiftly on this.

Please get back to me immediately via the below email address.

I await your response
Mr George Gregson
mr.georgegregson4@gmail.com


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